Lucid has no g++

[Alan Pope]

Karl,

G++ is not missing in lucid, the problem is that a previous run of
apt-get on your system barfed due to this bug:-

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/519855

On 10 February 2010 19:40, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run
>


^^^ this line means "a previous operation failed", i.e. the install barfed.

> 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

^^ this wont fix it in this case as there was an error in the package
which you updated earlier today.
> Too early for g++ on Lucid. Back to good old 9.04 where all my
> computing works.
>
>

Smart move :)

Lucid isn't ready yet.

Cheers,
Al.